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    Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture
    (MDPI, 2022) Čolić, Miodrag; Bekić, Marina; Tomić, Sergej; Đokić, Jelena; Radojević, Dušan; Ševikin, Katarina; Miljuš, Nataša; Marković, Milan; Škrbić, Ranko
    Pomegranate peel extract (PoPEx) has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but its effect on the adaptive immune system has not been sufficiently investigated. In this study, the treatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with PoPEx (range 6.25–400 g/mL) resulted in cytotoxicity at concentrations of 100 g/mL and higher, due to the induction of apoptosis and oxidative stress, whereas autophagy was reduced. At non-cytotoxic concentrations, the opposite effect on these processes was observed simultaneously with the inhibition of PHA-induced PBMC proliferation and a significant decrease in the expression of CD4. PoPEx differently modulated the expression of activation markers (CD69, CD25, ICOS) and PD1 (inhibitory marker), depending on the dose and T-cell subsets. PoPEx (starting from 12.5 g/mL) suppressed the production of Th1 (IFN-), Th17 (IL-17A, IL-17F, and IL-22), Th9 (IL-9), and proinflammatory cytokines (TNF- and IL-6) in culture supernatants. Lower concentrations upregulated Th2 (IL-5 and IL-13) and Treg (IL-10) responses as well as CD4+CD25hiFoxp3+ cell frequency. Higher concentrations of PoPEx increased the frequency of IL-10- and TGF- -producing T-cells (much higher in the CD4+ subset). In conclusion, our study suggested for the first time complex immunoregulatory effects of PoPEx on T cells, which could assist in the suppression of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
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    Production of immunoregulatory cytokines in clinically asymptomatic periapical lesions depends on the lesions size
    (Ministry of Defance, Serbia, 2019) Duka, Miloš; Gazivoda, Dragan; Marković, Milan; Majstorović, Ivana; Tatomirović, Željka; Mihajlović, Dušan; Čolić, Miodrag
    Bacground/Aim. Development of periapical lesions (PLs) involves a complex cross-talk between pathogenic microor­ganisms from the root canal and host immune mechanisms. In these processes proinflammatory cytokines are involved in stimulation of inflammation and osteodestructive mecha­nisms, whereas anti-inflammatory cytokines, with the im­munoregulatory functions, have the opposite effects. How this balance is controlled is still the subject of numerous studies. The aim of this study was to examine whether the local production of interleukin (IL)-10, IL-27 and trans­forming growth factor (TGF)-β in human asymptomatic PLs depends on the lesion size and how levels of these im­munoregulatory cytokines correlate with the cellular compo­sition of PLs. Methods. The study was conducted on 30 PLs which were collected at the Clinic for Stomatology of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia. The PLs were divided according to their size into small- and large-size lesions (n = 12 and n = 18, respectively). The inflam­matory cells (PL-ICs) were isolated from PLs and cultivated for 24 hours in culture medium supplemented with phorbol myristate acetate and Ca2+ ionophore. Cytospins were proc­essed for immunocytology by using monoclonal antibodies to cell subsets. The levels of cytokines in culture super­natants were determined by the ELISA method. Statistical analysis was performed using the Student t-test and the Spearman’s correlation test. The values of p < 0.05 were considered to be significant. Results. The levels of IL-10 and TGF-β were significantly higher in the PL-ICs cultures of large-size lesions than in small ones (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). In contrast, the levels of IL-27 were higher in the cultures of small-size lesions than in small ones (p < 0.05). Although the total number of PL-ICs and the proportion of mononuclear phagocytes were higher in the large-size PLs (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively), their main composition was not significantly different between the groups. The proportions of B cells/plasma cells (CD19/CD38+ cells), CD8+ T cells and CD14+ cells were significantly higher in the large-size PLs (p < 0.005; p < 0.05; p < 0.05, respectively). In contrast, the proportion of total T cells (CD3+ cells) was higher in the small-size lesions (p < 0.05). No statistically significant correlation was found between the levels of these cytokines and the composi­tion/phenotype of PL-ICs. Conclusion. This study sug­gests that IL-10, IL-27 and TGF-β may play different roles in suppression of unwanted immune/inflammatory reac­tions in asymptomatic PLs, depending on the extension of pathological process as judged by the size of lesions.